beastie boys

July 31, 2013  On August 6, acclaimed playwright Young Jean Lee will release We're Gonna Die, the debut album from her band Future Wife. The upcoming LP is based on a cycle of songs and monologues that revolve around failure, misery, disease, and (of course) death. Lee originally debuted the material onstage at Joe's Pub in New York City; the production earned her an OBIE Award and eventually moved to LCT3's Claire Tow Theater at Lincoln Center. …Read on

July 11, 2013  The Beastie Boys' final album while Adam Yauch was alive, 2011's Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, included a song known as "Too Many Rappers (New Reactionaries Version)." An update of a Nas collaboration from 2009's unreleased Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 1, the finished track was more future-shocked and electronic. …Read on

June 21, 2013  A new Beastie Boys-themed skateboard designed by famed photographer David LaChappelle has gone on sale to benefit charity, as the Hollywood Reporter points out. The board features a classic photograph LaChappelle took of the Beasties in 1985 right in New York City's Times Square. …Read on

May 17, 2013  No sleep till... Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival? The ninth annual event's organizers announced today the July 10 to 13 fest will include a moment of silence for late Beastie Boys member Adam "MCA" Yauch, followed by a tribute.Pusha T, EPMD, and Redman are headlining the festival's closing concert, which takes place on July 13 at Brooklyn Bridge Park (buy tickets here). …Read on

May 14, 2013  If ever there was an episode of Judge Judy we'd actually watch, it'd start with the words, "James Murphy was staying at my house, at my house." In a new interview, Ad-Rock claimed that the LCD Soundsystem main man owes him $150. Vulture pinned the Beastie Boys OG down at a screening of Noah Baumbach's Frances Ha and attempted to interview him about the forthcoming memoir he and Mike D are authoring. …Read on

May 3, 2013  Brooklyn's Palmetto Playground was officially renamed Adam Yauch Park Friday (May 3), at a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by family, friends, and fans of the late Beastie Boy.Nestled along the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Brooklyn Heights, the leafy tenth-of-an-acre space was filled with tattooed, T-shirt-wearing thirtysomethings (several of whom had toddlers either sitting on their shoulders or strapped into baby carriages), lo …Read on

May 2, 2013  This Saturday, May 4, marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Beastie Boys member Adam "MCA" Yauch, and as a tribute to the late rapper, Brooklyn Heights' Palmetto Playground will be officially renamed "Adam Yauch Park" tomorrow, May 3. …Read on